Backtracking on previous denials, TEPCO's statement comes, coincidentally, just a day after the pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cemented its hold on power with a big win in parliamentary elections last Sunday.

The question is, did TEPCO delay making its statement to avoid a potential political fall-out for Abe's LDP party, which has tried to avoid making nuclear energy part of the political debate?

Abe is looking to restart the country’s nuclear reactors, most of which have been idle since the nuclear disaster two years ago, and it’s possible that more bad news from the destroyed Fukushima reactors may have swayed the voting public.

Renewable energy projects are also racing ahead in Japan as investors queue up to fund green energy projects, opening up the prospect of a safe and clean Energy [R]evolution.

Japanese society is at the crossroads and Greenpeace will continue to campaign for a halt to nuclear energy in Japan and is fully committed to overturning the government's current focus of profit over people and nature.

Japan and Abe, with his electoral mandate, could be leading the world towards a brighter, sustainable future. They still can – and we will hold them to account.

I read that currently the cooling core is exposed to salt water from the ocean. Maybe they should deep iron pile the environs around the plant and pl...

I read that currently the cooling core is exposed to salt water from the ocean. Maybe they should deep iron pile the environs around the plant and plate mine it underneath to secure it. Hows about condensers for the steam. Does this make sense?

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@Peace Rhino - The reactors that they want to restart are elsewhere in Japan. The Fukushima Daiichi reactors are in permanent shut-down and will never be restarted. The Fukushima Daini reactors several kilometers up the coast most probably also not. The reactors they want to start up first have to go through a very rigorous check-up on the basis of the new safety guidelines from the National Regulatory Agency in Japan. It is not at all clear whether and which reactors will pass that test. On top of that, local authorities need to accept the start-up.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are constantly exposed to extra radiation, the amounts depending on where they work and how much time. Officially they should be carefully monitored and if their exposure goes over certain legally set limits, they are taken from the job. The system has failed many times, though, over the last years since the start of the catastrophe.

The situation at Fukushima cannot be resolved and radiation in large quantities will continue to leak into the Pacific Ocean. Within circa 5 years, t...

The situation at Fukushima cannot be resolved and radiation in large quantities will continue to leak into the Pacific Ocean. Within circa 5 years, the Pacific Ocean will be largely dead and its fish not suitable for human consumption. This is reality. It is unbelievable that the Japanese government is keeping up a dilusion that the situation is under control. Soon there will be horrendous genetic mutations within the Japanses population and a rapid increase in cancer.

Sadly, the World could have pursued Thorium LFTR technology, but elected instead to employ the U235 => U238 => P239 route for atomic munitions and nuclear power, based on solid fuel rod technology.

The price we will pay for this misjudgment is gradual extinction of life on Earth. In the mean time, the variety shows continue on television, pop starts do their rock concerts, and the fashion models walk along their glamour parades showing off their latest designer clothes.

Is the World totally insane or something, or am I worrying too much about things? Please advise.